Steam's Indian Summer - English • Great Railways

[@leopardtiger1022]

1957 to 1966 every year I travelled on steam locomotives from Varanasi to Trichur in kerala from Asandol to Trichur in Kerala via Calcutta Chennai, always on unreserved 3rd class and on summer months of April May. Oh God those journies lasted 3 nights 4 days through Central India. Hot very hot drank water from taps provided at the railway stations. Ate food in railway restaurants of the stations. Grit from fly ash troubled eyes often, I was young so it was all adventure. Today at 83 i can not do such lo g trips on steam locomotives.i liked those big Canadian steam locomotives which pulled those trains.

[@leaveme3559]

Are you indian or canadian?

[@rajmen1]

I have travelled from 1971 onwards in trains run by steam on the Calcutta Madras route all the way to Thrissur 😊

[@leopardtiger1022]

I am from Kerala 100% indian.

[@UNAS2000]

Today, in India you can't find any steam locomotive, except some special root or event.

[@ubuntuber1619]

Salute to you pops... i dont know what world be like when or if id be 83.

[@dipack999]

My grandfather was Grade A locomotive 🚂 pilot pre partition. He use to take train from Lahore to Delhi via saharanpur. He retired late sixties. Bless him

[@rameshchander4468]

I m from Punjab my nana ji driver a grade for Punjab mail...and grand father clerk in ferozepur division

[@shivaprasad6311]

❤❤👌🏾👌🏾🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@arvindm1946]

​@@rameshchander4468 my late grandfather was steam loco head at Miraj jn ..

[@simonsadler9360]

Good fireman in control , as an Apprentice years ago in Chelmsford in the hostel my room mate was a fun Indian , Robin de Souza from Mumbai , a humorous brilliant friend , can't trace him !

[@madhusudankannan4700]

Oh...the great 5 Down Punjab Mail.​ A prestigious train in those days from then Bombay to Punjab. @@rameshchander4468

[@gaditya4625]

This entire crew who made this video certainly deserves a huge round of applause.

[@alokchowdhury3671]

What a beautiful documentary by my country 's friend Mark Tully!

[@rsknjn2200]

Myself being a 30 year old and a station master in southern railway watching this in the year 2023 ,29 years after which it is documented. Can feel the exact nostalgic steam era and least developed bizzare countryside.

[@murkhuddindalal]

i think today's world is bizzare. please mind the language

[@jimgraham6861]

I met the Maharaja of Wankaneer in 2006 and stayed in the very same Guest House suite. The Maharaja showed us the sights in his trusty jeep. In the garage was a Silver Ghost Rolls Royce and a 1930's Dodge still on the road. What great memories I have of it all....

[@naimishdbhatt7922]

Beautiful place

[@stingable]

Born in 1976 am lucky that i got a chance to travel in these trains . They are Marvelous

[@judefernandez827]

My Father Father in law Uncles and cousins all served in the Indian Railways with honour and distinction on the Southern Railway for many many years . Cheers and thank you for this beautiful video .

[@amolbp5415]

Where do you live now ?

[@judefernandez827]

@@amolbp5415 in Australia.

[@bibekdas7449]

Are you Anglo Indian?​@@judefernandez827

[@tiwaringp]

What a lovely documentary. Made with love and empathy. They don't make like Mark Tully anymore..

[@AnandSingh-ns4dv]

Wow, Mark tully made a beautiful film about our Old legendary steam railway era.

[@muralinathtalisetty9858]

I was retired railway personnel, my fore fathers worked as a dream loco driver's and guards, formans, in PROUD INDIAN RAILWAYS. STILL 2016 I SEEN SO MANY NUMBER OF STEAM, DIESEL, ELECTRICAL LOCOS AND VARIOUS TYPES ROLLING STOCK OF COACHING AND FREIGHT WAGONS, I RETIRED IN 2016 FROM INDIAN🎉 RAIWAY SERVICE. STILL I PROUD ABOU THE GREAT INDIAN RAILWAYS.

[@movieman9117]

August 2023. I m watching this and I m mesmerized. The journey of the Indian railways. From what I saw to today's vande bharat. It's a long way indeed. And the shots, the language, script, the last shot, profound ❤

[@aliafaaqkhan2176]

The transformation of India from when this documentary was made, to present day when India landed on moon, is mind boggling to say the least. India is truly an inspiration. With great admiration and respect from Pakistan.

[@therash09]

Meharbaani ji.

[@philosophizing_existence]

Pre-partition India was a pool of wealth, culture, and traditions. Still suffering from the wounds of partition that refuse to heal.

[@subhamax]

makes me feel nostalgic. I too grew up watching steam locos hauling passenger and goods. The smell of coal, the sparks generated from coal looking like fireflies in the night train and especially the whistle, which was audible from miles in quiet night in rural areas. We used to look at the driver with awe. Miss the steam locos, yes we have semi high speed trains, modern electric locos but nothing can beat the steam!!!! Thank you for the documentary, relieving my school days through this video

[@regenitin]

Wow I just wonder how the loco staff could drive such rusty engines with so much noise. Hats off to the railway staff and the workers who kept the Steam Era in India alive !!

[@SanjayKumar-sn2gp]

Keep on wondering ......buster, you and your bluidy rusty comment......U Y... .

[@aardappeleten7701]

During this era, most steam engines all over the world were being phased out and such so they didn't really give a damn about how they looked and it's condition. A very sad thought tbh

[@wakeuproy]

Then just think about hot Indian summer and you standing in front of the furnace and super heated steam.

[@adeshsaxena6874]

Dependable H20 supply was a big concern for steam in the😮 arid parts. Youve probably seen an extra water wagon or 2 attached behind the loco. The second wagon often supplied water to the parched kasbas en route. Moving coal from the coal fields of eastern india to the distant parts was uneconomical. Theft enroute added to the indirect cost basis. Finally the increasing human toll, health and well being of the steam loco drivers could not be ignored. TB was rampant across many functions that supported the steam locos. Dehydration and related health issues became more acute in the intense of India and added to the misery. of the operational

[@SuperMikado282]

​@@aardappeleten7701Exactly.

[@CyrusInIndia]

Its 2024. So this film itself is around 30 years old. Steam was in heavy declines by early 1980,s itself in India. Mainline routes all had diesel engine and electric engine locomotives. Only rural branch lines operated steam which officially ended in 1995 broad gauge) but it was only a trickle by then. 2000 saw the metre gauge end as well.

[@oasisportal]

I always do random searches on youtube to find and enjoy such documentaries about steam locos. My grandfather used to drive a steam locomotive from Chittorgarh to Ratlam section. they started their job from 60s as fireman till senior loco pilot in 90s, they mostly did his job on goods train.

[@thiosol]

Immersed in my memories of these steam locomotives. Since I have grown up with them , saw their zenith and then downfall they mean a lot to me . Childhood memories are never complete without these locomotives

[@sunderiyer7484]

I am from Mumbai . When I was young I use watch stem engines good train at kings circle stn a local stn in Mumbai . I Las a child we use travel by stem train to south India for Pune . It was awful steam l sound and whistle . It is a memory now . I am 74 yrs living in usa last I saw Canadian steam engine . I love steam engine .

[@mayankkadhikanshh4685]

Where do u live in usa?

[@dinshawmuncherjee5123]

My father was Mechanical Engineer and joined the railways in 1928 as what was then called 'Special Class Apprentice' and did his initial training at one of the major loco workshop at Jamalpore, Bihar.. I imbibed his passion for these majestic Steam Engines. From the 30's to the early 70s, most of the engine drivers were a select lot; anglo indians, parsis, upper caste hindus and a special breed of moslems from the UP and Bihar. As he was initially an EIR man. The lcos were maintained spick and span with each driver adding on his own trimmings and garnishings. What I saw in the documentary were a pathetic example of what was. Devotion and pride in his job was the hallmark of a railwayman in those days. Thoroghly enjoyed this documentary; Thank you Sir Mark Tully

[@jiwanpathak4209]

Sir ji from where you belongs sir I want to know because I am also from jamalpur

[@loveislife-bs2fz]

The best documentary ever on steam locomotives, thanks for uploading Sir...

[@ramakrishnapraturi3280]

My mother and me every going to Vizanagaram to bhilai passenger with steam engine when i am was young my school. Summer vaction to this train. Unforgettable days inam traveling this steam engine rail during the years 1960 to 89.

[@sujitsk]

Thank you for documenting your journeys on trains drawn by India's last lot of steam locomotives that ran on narrow, metre and broad-gauged tracks. Steam rising from under the engine, shrill whistles, smoke puffing out of stacks, wood-benched compartments, all remain an indelible part of our formative years.

[@manajitmajumder7092]

Those rhythmical, noisy, smoky trains enthralling passengers and onlookers immensely in not too distant past. Living nostalgia! Great video presentation with poetic commentary from none other than our own Mr. Mark Tully, thanks

[@spc3461]

Sir your videos are full of knowledge and information and touching vibes and your narration is amazing sir.

[@willhovell9019]

Mark Tully an icon. Besides all the nostalga , it makes you realise how much the British Raj held back the technological & economic development of India and made far worse by partition. It was a negotiating ploy by Md Ali Jinnah and criminally fallen for by Mountbatten and the Atlee government. The recent terrible crash on Pakistan railways is a tragic product of neglect and the backwash of partition of India over 75 years ago

[@mlg1279]

Jinnah was a British stooge - he was just doing what his masters asked him to

[@peterwhyte-zl1kv]

Real trains, real people. Thank you for the video.

[@Ronnie1989ism]

England, India & the railways all are intertwined like a song, music & lyrics.

[@ranjittyagi9354]

Haha, yes!

[@mlg1279]

A song of exploitation!

[@sailendrayalamanchili4126]

Thank you for posting this magificent documentary about a byegone era, fills one with nostalgia remembering our youthful days, when steam ruled the roost.

[@rahulraina9354]

Though the Steam is nearly gone but the Romance, Sight and Sound of a Steam Engine is really Mesmerizing. Remembering my childhood days.

[@AvRajagopalan]

The Engine on the line goes chuff chuff chuff The Smoke from the funnel goes puff puff puff Oooooo.......Goes the Whistle The Tunnel is in sight Thus goes the Nostalgic Childhood Memories Evergreen in the Minds of People. Kudos to Indian Railways. ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@leehale5828]

I am remembering in a very fond light the movie, "Flame Over India," aka "Northwest Frontier."

[@abhijeetb3645]

What an amazing documentary. Looks like time has just flown past. I have faint memories of steam locomotives primarily on metre gauge in Rajasthan. It is also so incredible that India has been upgrading its railway to a modern new system from steam to diesel and electric train and now semi and high speed trainsets. This is absolutely incredible.

[@MohdZakir-xp8im]

Proud to be the most probably last generation member who travelled on trains pulled by steam locomotives till 1990 or a or two year later

[@raghavanchakravarthy2974]

When I was young Used to Travel in Steam Locomotive between Hyd and Chennai. It was memorable Experience My Journey for 1st time was in the year 1959. Well done and Good video. Jai hind.

[@Raj-nh3fc]

Mark Tully is a master of narratives! This is a "must watch", as my modern children would say.

[@explorewilderness3408]

Thanks Marktuli I have travelled this steam engine train from Lucknow to Madras, in 1976.

[@ezafcrash3986]

I had a bad day today but this cheered me up! Thanks for making this video :)

[@riteshnets]

Brilliant video ! My father was a railway chargeman at an electric loco shed at Tatanagar.Trains been a part of our life since.Though steam had long gone when I gathered senses.But steam trains are so fascinating.I remember riding only once in a steam train.

[@MukeshKumarCH]

i am from punjab in india i love this videos and watch fully video also enjoy video. thankyou

[@vaibhavverma100]

This video is definitely a masterpiece

[@sukhwinderkaur1718]

I had this privilege to visit in these steam engine powered trains. Thank you for this lovely documentary 🙏🏻

[@sumanamjs]

Yes. Those “Iron Horses” had a romantic appeal unique to themselves. And the Canadian ones looked great with their bullet shaped front and the headlight set in it’s centre. The drivers of Express trains enjoyed more respect in the eyes of the public.

[@pankajpathak222]

Beautifully picturised. Remembering 🚂 steam era, feeling nostalgic 😄

[@OldTrucker958]

Wow! These are all incredible documentaries. Have enjoyed them immensely thank you

[@NicholasLera-kd5tj]

Thanks for your compliment! You may care to note that Burma To The River Kwai has now been uploaded. Have fun!

[@AsianHemaniVlogs]

This is pure gold! If at all time machine is built, I would first go to Steam Engine era of Indian Railways!

[@simonsadler9360]

I was intended to visit Romania next year , have many friends there , also steam along parts of the river Mures , a long 2 days by bus & cheap too , my Spanish companion MariCarmen doesn't fancy it , my triends speak Spanish. Instead we''ll fly direct to the Isle of Man , hopefully to see the T.T races , the Isle has a short route of steam , we have 2 good friends there , Steam to me is so wonderful!

[@adriankasa4339]

That's a beautiful documentary for all steam engine lovers

[@pradeepbose9627]

Extraordinarily documented The Noise is so soothing to hear

[@steamsearcher]

I totally enjoyed this and the photography so well done. I did steam in the Philippines and China going to these places for other things in the shape of WIVES. Plus a childhood in Zambia with a walk past the running sheds of Broken Hill twice a day. I cant help it, my 4th great Grandfather knew George and Robert. Robert giving him a job at Edge Hill Works.

[@wsmith6270]

As an unrepentant lover of steam trains I thoroughly enjoyed your video, thanks for posting it

[@anilpille189]

God bless you all and Mark Tully sir

[@imranshaikh6173]

Yah video Dekhkar purani yaden taaja ho gai

[@Kidney23]

from old steam to vande bharat ang almost fully electric trains ,we really covered 60 years of developement in just 30 years

[@varoonnone7159]

Progress has been made but still a long way to go. How many Vande Bharats are there in the whole of India ? They can't even run at their maximum speed

[@Mahaabharath]

I am afraid to say, vandebharat are being canceled continuously because of technical glitch and anti collision is not even deployed across all trials only 2 percent if trains got anti collision..and coromandal express is not kne of them.

[@theleapmusic9890]

@@Mahaabharath It happens , the ICE was also very unpopular in Germany , so was the APT in Britain , CHANGE HAPPENS GRADUALLY , my fellow Indian { I suppose }

[@vishwanathpatil4145]

Thank you so much sir Mr Mark Tuli showing old sweet Memories 👍

[@AntiNatalAtheist]

Amazing documentary... Nostalgia for people of my age. The new generation can be proud of India's journey after independence to the country that we are in 2023 today.

[@prasantakumarpadhi4399]

Thanks a lot for starting this channel.

[@sumilbishnoi8610]

Feeling very nostalgic. Reminded me of my childhood. Great Documentary.

[@eo9839]

The sound of those engines picking up the pace is so majestic

[@bimasu]

Born in 1968 and lucky to have commuted by steam loco pulled trains.

[@kiranjoshi4644]

Thank you for reviving lost times....this is great documentry with informative and wonderful anecdotes...

[@yaminibhamare1148]

Hi Mark, I used to travel from Amalner to Jalgaon by steam locomotive on Surat-Bhusawal line in early 80s

[@BinodKumar-tu1yn]

मार्कटली साहब को सादर अभिवादन नमस्कार।

[@devendrapratapsinghrathore950]

My Schooling was in B. N. Institutions, at Udaipur ( Rajasthan) since 1977-78 to 1989-90 from LKG to 12th .....I am very lucky to travelled by steem locomotive From my netive station Jaora ( M.P ) to Udaipur City station so many times......I really missed that journey

[@madhusudanparedapareda3781]

I have also witnessed the journies that I made in my childhood with steam engines pulled train in SER division..I could feel that lost charm of old days after watching this documentry by the great journalist MARK TULLY..

[@Videodump1997]

I would really like to thank you for making this documentary. Born in 1997, never saw an operational steam engine but I do love all types of locomotive and really enjoyed watching this. ❤❤❤❤

[@NicholasLera-kd5tj]

Thank you for your appreciative remarks. This has always been my aim, to provide a time capsule portrait of the steam age railway, for the benefit of future generations. I seem to have scored a perfect hit in your case, born in the exact year the film was made! I'm glad also you see the important difference between operational and heritage service. The latter is a fun day out, while the former was a way of life!

[@asthaksangeetacademy7167]

I also traveled in meter gage steam engine train in Shekhawati express in Rajasthan.

[@MrBnsftrain]

Not 30 years later, the metre gauge lines of India are dying and diesel trains are giving way to electric ones. More lines are being electrified, the new Vande Baharat trains travel up to 100mph, and even old diesels are being rebuilt into electric ones to haul freight trains. India's railways have become one of the most antqiudated to the one of the most modern. But freight trains in India still use guard's vans and road crossings are mostly manually operated.

[@jkardez4794]

Very amusing. Do let us know on which sector the Vande Bharat runs at 100 mph (160 kmph) . I recently travelled on the much hyped Tejas fast from Mumbai to Goa- it was a decades old compartment with basic refurbishment which ran at a pathetic average speed of 65kmph and shook terribly . So much for improvement.

[@sushantsingh8507]

New delhi rani kamlapsti VB train

[@ratulmondal2832]

Just for clarification, WP means Wide(Broad Gauge) Passenger

[@manjunathaks607]

This video recall our old experience with Indian railways.. horrible days are over..but respected those situations and poor quality of life style..

[@srinivasvaranasi1645]

Thank you. Got me very nostalgic!

[@gsprasanna6382]

Great documentory Sir!

[@mahendradabi3502]

I proud of my father he was a steam driver in W R Railway kota division also in ratlam division .

[@goldy_on_pc930]

The amount this country has changed in less than 30 years almost unrecognisable

[@sriramulukannaiyan5219]

I remembered my childhood days.wonderful journey in this stream train,Thank you Thank you very much ,❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👌👌👌👌👌👌👌💗💟❤💞☝🚂🚂🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃

[@udarshankar8366]

Thanks for uploading this video… Also India is a Great Country.

[@utpalbanerjee382]

My uncle started his career as a fireman, the man who gives coal to fire, at the end of his career he used to drive Rajdhani Exp.

[@harkiratize]

Wow .. Shatabdi Train run from very long time in Jalandhar-Delhi section … and you can see all passengers enjoying travelling some with News Papers,sweaters stitching and tea.

[@techessentials4105]

Indian Railways has completed A really Long journey from operating a steam locomotive to Building Mordern trains like The Vandey Bharat Express ......and and beyond Its really a matter pride For India 🎉

[@user-yh8dg3wq6i]

Vande bharat is crap. Just AC EMU.

[@camb7410]

I travelled in a steam locomotive trains in Tanzania from Dar es salaam to Tabora in the 60’s , it was a luxurious train journey. Most of the locomotive drivers were Sikhs.

[@sanjitdutta8536]

Historical Steam Locomotives. In India Steam locomotives was discontinued from 1995, Diesel locomotives also discontinued step by step due to air pollution. Modern Indian Railways is use modern Electric Locomotives, modern LHB coach, modern signalling systems & equipments. Now Indian Railways operate modern Vande Bharat Express trains. Many luxury tourists trains. Under Ganges river metro Rail route in Howrah to Kolkata line. Nice documentary of old historical Indian Railways. Best wishes from ❤🎉: Sanjit Dutta. India, West Bengal, Howrah, Ramrajatala.

[@anilchopra4751]

LAST STEAM TRAIN WAS OPERATED FROM MY JALANDHAR CITY TO FEROZEPUR CANTT. VIKRANT WAS THE NAME OF THAT ENGINE !

[@mlg1279]

What's Ganges? There's no need to use British names for Indian rivers.

[@laba3423]

@@mlg1279 its actually weird how indians can use such words , we know it ganga so just write ganga

[@mark7321]

With all respect I do not entirely agree, as a western European viewer I love India mainly from reading Kipling's books, and I wager most steam entousiasts are much the same. I do know all the attached post-kolonial woes, but as a belgian expat rose long ago about chauvinistic bickering about language or autonomy fights.😊

[@malluindiamallu]

Mark is at his best again

[@qpr543]

Better than BBC documentaries about railways. Very nostalgic!

[@PastEventsTV]

When Britishers came to india , India GDP was 27% of the world ,when Britishers left india , GDP was 1%..damn

[@missasinenomine]

Excellent commentary!

[@AIGMateYT]

Thanks for Preserving Little Part of India's Steam Locomotive History.❤

[@bijoydasudiya]

I used to travel on steam engine driven trains in the year 1966 to 1971. There was an electric loco upto Igatpuri. From there onwards, it was steam traction upto Bhusawal.

[@pscparamesh3154]

GOLDEN ERA OF RAILWAYS

[@Raj-nh3fc]

And now, " oh no! It is not diesel but an electric loco", I'll just retire to the retiring room.😂

[@willhovell9019]

Travelled on steam hauled services in Southern Railways in 1981 on our Indarail passes on honeymoon at what was then called Bangalore

[@kapiltandonLKO]

Thanks for the great footage

[@aagagaadeeatraintraveller8511]

I had seen steam locomotives in my city, when I was 3-4 years old. The route was dieselised after that.

[@VC_27]

Magnificent production!

[@manfredschoeler5301]

Many memories, thank you for showing

[@arifnoor100]

My father served in Pakistan Railways from 1978 to 2007 (Till his death during Service) as a Grade 21 officer ... Now i am proudly serving my Great Department since 2008 as an Inspector of Stores Accounts BPS-17 ........Respect for Railways Community across the World ....From North Western Railways NWR

[@தமிழ்ஒளி-ற1ர]

Fantastic Video Thank You MT

[@1thaShivaji]

Dont know whether I should post here considering the oozing cozy nostalgia that this film emanates alongwith the sounds of a train pulled by a steam engine....but here goes! 16:10 there are still tkts for normal trains available in second seating and general compartments! But the docu really tugs at old strings!

[@jayshankartiwari5692]

Bahut sunder meri purani yaade

[@rajukonda9417]

Nice vedio remember my Rly service time in the year of 1974 in steam. 👆👍🙏

[@Ozmulki]

I travelled first class to the main cities from Hyderabad between 1956-1974. Our family did the same from the early 1900s. Fond memories of lugging bed rolls (hold alls), tiffin boxes, coojas or terracotta water pots, with no AC the heat was unbearable as the fans could not cope. Water from the taps were hot, but I’d not change anything as the memories are so vivid.